horizontal tango

Intimate physical activity

Horizontal tango is humorous slang for sexual intercourse, playing on the image of two bodies moving together in a prone position.

The phrase treats sex as a dance, with *horizontal* distinguishing it from the upright original: They slipped away for a horizontal tango.

Related

sex · romance · sensual · getting it on · making love · kissing · pas de deux · embracing · knocking boots · caressing · passion · Netflix and chill · bumping uglies · cuddling · waltz · cha-cha · foxtrot · spooning

Opposites
sexual activity vs. abstinence

horizontal tangocelibacy

Abstaining from intimate relations

abstinence · chastity · virginity · continence · sexual restraint

euphemistic register

horizontal tangosexual intercourse

Bodily union between partners

coitus · copulation · fornication · carnal knowledge · mating

physical orientation (literal/humorous)

horizontal tangostanding up

Assuming vertical posture

ballroom dancing

Family

horizontal, horizontally, horizontality, tango, tangos, tangoed, tangoing

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated R